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Lake George was one of my favorite trips thus far in our program. Despite the gross, spider infested lake house we stayed in I thought it was a great bonding experience. On our way there we stopped at Grant’s Cottage where we learned everything and more that we needed to know about Ulysses S. Grant thanks to our super creepy tour guides. Once we got there we did community service, which wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected it to be. I swept those porches cleaner than anything in my entire life. We had a lot of free time on this trip leaving us to explore the village of Lake George. I haven’t been in years so it was nice to see what it looked like even though most of the shops weren’t open yet. After that we got to relax and enjoy some of Barb’s famous pasta sauce, ice cream, and smores. We all talked about our interests and our personal college experience making us much closer than we were before because we got to know each other better. It took us forever to fall asleep because we didn’t want to know what kind of creepy crawlers were in our rooms. That being said, Meagan, Andriana, and I all shared a twin size bed! I haven’t slept in a twin size bed in over 10 years so it wasn’t exactly the most comfy nights sleep as I’m sure you can imagine. Friday was the highlight of my trip. I’ve never been on a pontoon boat before and it was extremely relaxing. We toured parts of Lake George right on the water. We saw an extravagant resort called the Sagamore, which looked even more beautiful than I have heard about in the past. I learned that mostly only the wealthy stay there but I plan on getting there sometime in the near future to see how gorgeous it is on the inside compared to the outside. On our way back we stopped and used a dredge, which I have never seen let alone used before. I learned that it was used to collect samples of the lake from the boat. The lake was very clear so I don’t think we had much to collect. I gave Toby my wet socks just in case we couldn’t find any organisms living in the water.